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The Battle of Adwalton Moor occurred on 30 June 1643 at Adwalton, West Yorkshire, during the First English Civil War. In the battle, the Royalists loyal to King Charles led by the Earl of Newcastle soundly defeated the Parliamentarians commanded by Lord Fairfax .
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [a] An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wales served in the military at some point between 1639 and 1653, while around 4% of the total population died from war-related causes.
During the morning of 23 October 1642, the Royalists formed in battle order on the brow of Edge Hill, facing towards Kineton. Essex, experienced soldier as he was, had distrusted his own raw army too much to force a decision earlier in the month, when the King was weak; he now found Charles in a strong position with an equal force to his own ...
During the summer of 1642 both the Parliamentary party and King Charles I negotiated with each other while preparing for war.. Previously to the commencement of the English Civil War, the king, to avoid the importunity of the Parliament, who petitioned for the exclusive control of the militia, and for other privileges subversive of the royal authority, moved from London to York, and was ...
Bradford was subject to the fighting in the First English Civil War, between October 1642 and March 1644. The town was besieged twice in this period; firstly in December 1642 and again in July 1643. The settlement of Bradford in the 1640s was quite small and consisted of only three main roads; Ivegate, Kirkgate and Westgate. [1]
The siege of Hull is variously described as commencing from either 10 July or 15 July [31] [37] and a sally made by Meldrum is often attributed as the "first blood" of the First English Civil War. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] According to John Rushworth , Meldrum attacked the King's forces with 500 men.
The English Civil War (1642–1652) – a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") in the Kingdom of England over, principally, the manner of its government.